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Coll 28/103 ‘Persia. Perso Russian Relations’ [61v] (122/190)
The record is made up of 1 file (92 folios). It was created in 19 Apr 1940-16 Aug 1946. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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special instructions to speak in these terms, and you
may have received similar reports from elsewhere
indicating a pre-arranged dissemination of propaganda
on these lines* If this is so, and the opinions .he
expressed do not originate with M* Ghigansky, it may be
that the Soviet authorities hope that the language held
•by their representatives will be passed back to us and thus
exert pressure on us to open the second front in Europe.
Otherwise, it is not easy, here, to see what motive is
behind the open expression of these views to an Iranian
official, unless it be to emphasise the efficiency and
self-sacrifice of the Russians as compared with ourselves
and the Americans and the consequent desirability of
Iranians favouring them and their political views and
system. If this is the case, M. Ghigansky was.unfortunate
in his choice of an audience, since M. Dewanbegi, having
oassed some years as Governor of Gilan and Kazanderan, is
highly suspicious of all Soviet works, and particularly' of
their intentions in regard to Iran after the war. He
states that he and many other thinking Iranians have
noticed a recrudescence of communist iniluence lately
and fears that the Todeh party in the Majlis may succeed
in gaining with Soviet aid some.fifty seats irom
constituencies in the northern provinces at the
forthcoming elections and thereby obtain a real footing
for communism in this country.
I have, etc.
(Signed). A.E.H. MACANN.
H.M. Consul-General.
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Correspondence and papers, some marked Most Secret, concerning relations between the Soviet Union and Persia [Iran]. Much of the file concerns the British Government’s concerns about Soviet interference and influence in Persia, particularly at the end and in the aftermath of the Second World War. The file covers: relations between Persia, the Soviet Union and Germany, 1940; the Persian Government’s desire to replace British personnel working in its aviation operations with personnel from the USA, and the proposed use of Persian aerodromes by the Soviet Government, 1940; reports of German infiltration in Persia, 1941; British concerns about an increase in Soviet propaganda in Iran, 1943; the activities of the Anglo-Soviet-Persian Censorship office, 1944; reports that the Soviet Consulate in Ahwaz [Ahvāz] wished to open a ‘propaganda shop’ at Abadan, 1945; notes about the Soviet Union and North Persia, written by the British Ambassador in Tehran, Reader William Bullard (ff 18-22, ff 3-4).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (92 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 94; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3514
- Title
- Coll 28/103 ‘Persia. Perso Russian Relations’
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- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 3v:21v, 23r:76v, 78r:94v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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